linnet 音标拼音: [l'ɪnɪt]
n . 红雀
红雀
linnet n 1 :
small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico [
synonym : {
house finch }, {
linnet }, {
Carpodacus mexicanus }]
2 :
small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead [
synonym : {
linnet }, {
lintwhite }, {
Carduelis cannabina }]
Linnet \
Lin "
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n . [
F .
linot ,
linotte ,
from L .
linum flax ;
or perh .
shortened from AS .
l [
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netwige ,
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AS .
l [
imac ]
n flax ; --
so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp .
See {
Linen }.] (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera {
Linota }, {
Acanthis },
and allied genera ,
esp .
the common European species ({
Linota cannabina }),
which ,
in full summer plumage ,
is chestnut brown above ,
with the breast more or less crimson .
The feathers of its head are grayish brown ,
tipped with crimson .
Called also {
gray linnet }, {
red linnet },
{
rose linnet }, {
brown linnet }, {
lintie }, {
lintwhite }, {
gorse thatcher }, {
linnet finch },
and {
greater redpoll }.
The American redpoll linnet ({
Acanthis linaria })
often has the crown and throat rosy .
See {
Redpoll },
and {
Twite }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Green linnet } (
Zool .),
the European green finch .
[
1913 Webster ]
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